Miodio at Golden Stag Festival - video

Miodio (ESC 2008)performing at Golden Stag Festival,Romania the song Dincolo de Nori"

The song was performed for the first time by Dan Bittman, Romania at 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.

Miodio - Dincolo de nori




Dan Bittman (ESC 1994) Dincolo de Nori

San Marino rehearsal and press conference

Miodio, delivered an outstanding first rehearsal of their song Complice. The group of five young men is joined by a female dancer on stage who interacts well with the lead singer of the group, Nicola Della Valle. The whole act looked very modern and could attract lots of votes from the younger televoters.

The song Complice is sung fully in Italian and it's one of three songs using the Italian language this year- the other too being Switzerland and Romania.

The stage during the San Marinese song is mostly black and blue with some orange in the back part of the LED screens.

Miodio - Complice - rehearsal



Press conference

During their press conference, the sympathetic group revealed that they are very happy to represent their native country. They also treated the audience with an acapella of Complice which was very well-received.


source:eurovision.tv; 12points.tv

Mi Odio represents San Marino!

Eurovision.tv can exclusively report that the group Mi Odio, which means "I hate myself", will be the first ever representative of San Marino at this year's Eurovision Song Contest. The group will sing the song Complice, which is in Italian language.

The song and group that will represent San Marino in Belgrade has been selected internally, after artists, composers and song writers were openly invited to submit their entries.

The group Mi Odio consists of three Italian members and two San Marinese. "Complice is a fresh, young and original song," the head of the jury said to Eurovision.tv.

Here is a sample of the song "Complice"



source: eurovision.tv;youtube.com

San Marino joins Eurovision

SMTV, San Marino's state broadcaster confirmed they will join the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade next May.

There is an official application to the European Broadcasting Union.

The attention turns into Italy now because half of the broadcaster is actually owned by RAI, the Italian national broadcaster.

source:oikotimes.com

Petition for San Marino

esctoday.com reports:

An online petition has been created by concerned Eurovision Song Contest fans in order to put pressure on San Marino officials, so that the European microstate participates at the next Eurovision Song Contest. The creators wish to have the Italian language represented in the contest and they feel that, at the same time, tourism and the economy of the European microstate will be promoted inside Europe.

As revealed last month by esctoday.com, the state's broadcaster SMRTV is not averse to the idea of joining the Eurovision Song Contest. Actually, they were considering trying it last year but the project was shelved under pressure from the shareholders, including Italian national broadcaster, RAI.

So, local fans have decided to take action and they created an online petition which they aim to include in the dossier they will submit to politicians and the press. "They should understand that Eurovision is a strong way to promote a republic so close to the Riviera of Rimini. The Riviera has become one of the most important holiday resorts, attracting an increasing number of tourists from Eastern Europe that hardly know what and where San Marino is." Marco, the organiser of the petition says. And he asks for the assistance of fans from all over Europe to put pressure on local authorities. Already, 400 fans have signed the petition, which is expected to be popular amongst locals and Eurovision Song Contest fans.

You can sign the petition here

San Marino broadcaster interested in Eurovision

from esctoday.com

The microstate of San Marino is one of the last European countries never to have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.

However, it seems that this could change in the next few years - Sammarinese broadcaster SMRTV has confirmed to esctoday.com that they are watching the Eurovision project with a possible participation in mind.

SMRTV considered joining in 2007, but its stockholders, many of whom are related to Italian broadcaster RAI, decided not to support the idea. Whether they will have changed their minds in a year seems unlikely, but SMRTV is aiming to participate at some point over the next few years, according to a spokesperson for the broadcaster.

San Marino is a tiny country surrounded entirely by Italy, and is often reported as being the world's oldest republic. Success for microstates has happened in the past - Monaco won in 1971, for example, and Malta has had 4 top 3 placings to date, the most recent coming in 2005 when Chiara placed 2nd.

As Italy is not participating in the contest, and seems unlikely to return in the near future, San Marino could act as a representative for the Italian language and music tradition in the contest in their absence. As a debuting country, San Marino would have to start in the semi final, should they enter.